The recruiting season mirrored the 2008 regular season for Rutgers. At first it looked like it might be a disaster, but everything turned out all right in the end, although not quite as good as the fans had dreamed about in August.

The surprising transfer of backup quarterback Pat Devlin made the signing of quarterback Kevin Newsome the most important recruiting acquisition of the year for Penn State. Just as important is that Newsome will have plenty of time to get to know the players who will block for him and catch his passes.